My group’s radio show is centered around a dangerous, monstrous alien wreaking havoc on a spacecraft and evading capture. I thought of an edited dog howl I heard a long time ago that was made to sound creepy and figured I’d have a go at it myself, but with a cat’s meow. I think what I came up with can be used both as a transition sound between the show and a bumper or commercial, but also to build the soundscape of our monster, which I think might be the most fun part of this project.
The original sound was a couple second clip from Freesound.org that I imported into Audacity. I used the paulstretch, high-pass filter, base and treble, and change pitch effects to make the sound longer, deeper, and to take out some of the cat’s annunciation, making it even more creepy.
Is it an Alien? What is it trying to communicate to us? Is it friendly like E.T. or does it want to destroy us? It’s actually a snoring Frenchie! Take a listen down below. She’s friendly and will accepts snacks. For this assignment, I recorded my Frenchie sleeping. Yes, her snoring keeps me up most … Continue reading “Is that an Alien?”
I thought this would be a fun activity to do, so I decided I wanted to do this assignment. It is always fun playing with the clips and changing their original sounds. Sometimes, I can hear something within the completely mayhem after the clip’s been edited, and it’s one of the coolest and strangest things ever. I think it’s so cool how with a couple clicks, anyone can change the sound.
When looking for sounds, I couldn’t find anything I wanted to use. I then randomly decided to search for “bucket.” I don’t know why, but it really was something I wanted to look for. And by the second page, I realized why. I don’t know why but when I found this clip, I knew it was the one. It just resonated with me. Like it was meant to be a part this my wonderful assignment.
Bucket pouring out water
I used this clip, but I didn’t know how to use the effects on Audacity very well. So I asked my wiz suit-mate for advise. All she said is, “Use wahwah. Have fun with it.” I was severely confused. Then after selecting, when all the aspects of wahwah popped up, I was even more confused. Instead of learning what each part means, I did what I do best: create mayhem out of serenity. So that’s what I did.
I moved every single bar around and then just applied it, and this is what came out. I think it’s absolutely hilarious how with only one effect, I created something COMPLETELY different than what was originally recorded. I really liked the product of this assignment, and I hope you do too!
Side note: I did delete the end of the clip because of after using the wahwah effect, it was silence for like 2-ish seconds.
Description: “Make Noise!! The title is pretty self explanitory. Take a recognizable song or sound, and then turn it into a completely unrecognizable sound. For example, take a dog barking and make it sound like tv static. This can be accomplished using any DAW (digital audio workspace, for those unaware) or some online audio editor.”
This is the original link to the assignment. I chose a song from freesounds.org and dowloaded and brought it into Audacity. I messed with the effects. I used fade out at the end, echo, phaser, base adjuster. The song does not sound the same. I had fun with this project!
In another instant classic audio assignment, the goal is to take a simple everyday noise and make it not so “simple” and “everyday”. My mind couldn’t really grasp both sides at once for something that could turn into something else, so I left it up to fate. I look up some simple sounds you may hear and ended up with a squeaky door. After finding a starting point, my brain kick into instant decision mode and came to a conclusion. You guessed it, velociraptor. I increased the pitch, amplified the sound, and distorted the ending to bring you straight through that squeaky door and into the prehistoric era. I play the door squeaking twice before the alteration, just so you can get a feel for the sound.
I chose the song “The Chair” by George Strait. I used the platform Audacity to mess with the song. I went under effects and used distortion, phaser, fade in, fade out, etc. It was neat listening to the different changes applied. This is theoriginal link for this assignment. This assignment was also 3 1/2 stars.
